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1971

Adler Archive of Underground Comix

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Mr. Natural, No. 2, R. Crumb, Special Collections, Fleet Library Oct 1971

Mr. Natural, No. 2, R. Crumb, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Underground Comix

3 numbers : black-and-white illustrations. Color cover illustrations, b&w interiors. The Adler Archive of Underground Comix, Gift of Bill Adler.


Big Ass Comics, No. 2, R. Crumb, Special Collections, Fleet Library Aug 1971

Big Ass Comics, No. 2, R. Crumb, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Underground Comix

2 numbers : black-and-white illustrations ; 26 cm Frequency: Irregular. Began with [no. 1] (June 1969); ceased with no. 2 (August 1971). "Adults only." Cover price differs with each printing. Color cover illustration, b&w interior. Issue 2 in poor condition. The Adler Archive of Underground Comix, Gift of Bill Adler.


Home Grown Funnies, R. Crumb, Special Collections, Fleet Library May 1971

Home Grown Funnies, R. Crumb, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Underground Comix

20 unnumbered pages : chiefly illustrations. Title from indicia. Published one-shot. "Second printing May, 1971" The Adler Archive of Underground Comix, Gift of Bill Adler.


Greaser Comics, No. 1, Geroge Dicaprio, Richard Jaccoma, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 1971

Greaser Comics, No. 1, Geroge Dicaprio, Richard Jaccoma, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Underground Comix

N.Y.C. : Half-Ass Press, 1971. 2 numbers : black-and-white illustrations ; 24-26 cm Frequency: Irregular. Publication Dates: Began with number 1 (Sept. 1971); ceased with no. 2 (July 1972). "Adults only." Number one is by G. DiCaprio and R. Jaccoma. No. 2 is by G. DiCaprio and Jim Janes. Description based on: Number one (Sept. 1971); title from indicia. Color cover illustrations, b&w interior. Library has issue no. 1. The Adler Archive of Underground Comix, Gift of Bill Adler.


Comix & Stories From The Balloon Vendor, Fred Schrier, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 1971

Comix & Stories From The Balloon Vendor, Fred Schrier, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Underground Comix

The Adler Archive of Underground Comix, Gift of Bill Adler.


Laugh In The Dark, No. 1, Rory Hayes, Kim Dietch, Justin Green, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 1971

Laugh In The Dark, No. 1, Rory Hayes, Kim Dietch, Justin Green, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Underground Comix

40 unnumbered pages : black-and-white illustrations. Began and ceased with no. 1 (1971). This underground was originally supposed to be Bogeyman #4, but Last Gasp or someone figured it would be better under a different title. A gruesome but often funny underground-style horror comic featuring Rory Hayes, Kim Deitch, Spain, Bill Griffith, S. Clay Wilson and Justin Green. One of Green's contributions is one of his best Binky Brown stories. The four-page "The Agony of Binky Brown" is like a condensed origin story for Green's signature character. It's a practical yet powerful tale, relating the odd influences of Binky's youth …


Hungry Chuck Biscuits Comics And Stories, No. 1, Daniel Clyne, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 1971

Hungry Chuck Biscuits Comics And Stories, No. 1, Daniel Clyne, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Underground Comix

1 number : black-and-white illustrations. Began and ceased with no. 1 (1971). Compilation comic, includes D. Clyne, Skip Williamson, Denis Kitchen and others. Color illustrations on cover. The Adler Archive of Underground Comix, Gift of Bill Adler.


Color, Victor Moscoso, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 1971

Color, Victor Moscoso, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Underground Comix

32 pages : color illustrations. Comic book issued in staple-bound, color-printed wrappers, with illustration across front and back wrappers, depicting humanoid robot with elongated, flexible limbs, with eyes atop feet and ray-gun for head, ascending a rainbow spiral with spheroid space station, large-finned space ship, and planet Saturn with rainbow-colored rings. "Adults Only" Born in Spain, Victor Moscoso was the first of the counterculture rock poster artists with formal academic training and experience. After studying art at Cooper Union in New York City and at Yale University, he moved to San Francisco in 1959. There, he attended the San Francisco …


Tales Of Toad, No. 2, Bill Griffith, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 1971

Tales Of Toad, No. 2, Bill Griffith, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Underground Comix

2 numbers : black-and-white illustrations. Publication dates: Began with no. 1 (1970); ceased with no. 2 (1971). A comic book written and drawn by Bill Griffith. Some stories feature Zippy the Pinhead. Description based on: No. 2 (1971); title from indicia. Color cover illustrations, b&w interior. Library has no. 2 only. The Adler Archive of Underground Comix, Gift of Bill Adler.


Mean Bitch Thrills, Spain Rodriguez, Algernon Backwash, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 1971

Mean Bitch Thrills, Spain Rodriguez, Algernon Backwash, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Underground Comix

1 number : black-and-white illustrations. Publication Dates: Began and ceased with ([1971]). Features full length story titled: Mutiny on stellar craft nimbus-3. Born Manual Rodriguez; known as Spain or Spain Rodriguez; pseudonym Algernon Backwash; born March 2, 1940; died November 28, 2012. Color cover illustrations, b&w interior. The Adler Archive of Underground Comix, Gift of Bill Adler.